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MACHINERY FOR UNTWISTING AND GARDING GURLRD HORSE HAIR. No. 254,583. Patented Mar. 7,1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS ADOOOK, OF ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

MACHINERY FOR UNTWISTING AND CARDING CURLED HORSE-HAIR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 254,583, dated March` 7, 1882.

Application led January 5, 1882. (No model.) Patented in South Australia March 1, 1.880.

To a-Zl whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS ADOOOK, of Adelaide, South Australia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Maehinery for Untwisting and Carding Gnrled Horse- Hair, of which the following is a specification.

The Object of my invention is to untwist ropes ot' horse-hair and to card the hair by a continuous operation in one machine.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts `in all the figures.

In the drawings, Figure l is a plan view of the machine. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section of the same, and Fig. 3 is a cross-seotion of one of the untwisters. The operating mechanism is mounted on a suitable frame. hollow spindles A A, fitted for revolution in boxes F, and provided with springs a, that have serrated edges.

B B and C C are two pairs ofcorru gated feedrollers, sustainedl across the frame in suitable boxes. The upper roller B of the tirst pair is sustained in sliding boxes that are forced downward by spiral springs, as shown, so that the roller may adapt itself to the quantity of material passing through.

' D is the beater, consisting of bars armed at the outer edges with small spikes G andattached to arms on a cross-shaft, b.

Power is applied to shaft E ot' lower roller B, on which shaft `is a bevel-gear wheel, E', meshing with a bevel-pinion, E2, that drives the spindles A by suitable gearing. On the other end of shaft E is a gear-wheel, M, engaging a smaller wheel, M', on the shaft of upper roller O, by which the rollers C are revolved nearly twice as fast as rollers B. N is a large gear-wheel on the shaft of roller O, meshing with a small pinion on shaft b of the beater.

To obtain a reverse motion of the nntwisters At one end of the frame are.

in oase the rope is wound the reverse of the usual way, I provide the shaft E with a second gear-wheel, L, in reverse of wheel E'.

In operation the hair rope is inserted in the months ofthe hollow spindles, and the springs a catch and hold the rope to cause it to turn with the spindles, while at the same time allowing the rope to be drawn away by the feedrollers B. On lea-ving the ends of spindles A the rope is in an untwisted condition, and in that state it is carried by the rollers B to the second pair of rollers, which, being revolved at greater speed, draw the hair out loose, as indicated iu the drawings, so that it is properly presented to the beater. The beaters act to draw the hair out and throw it beneath the machine earded and tinished.

This machine will perform the work much more rapidly than can be doneby hand and in a superior manner.

One, two, or more untwisters may be used as desired, and the machine driven by hand or other power.

I am aware that it is not new to feed the rope through a rotating tube which untwists it and through feed-rolls which deliver it to pickers; but

What I claim is- The combination of the hollow spindles A A, having serrated springs a, the i'luted feedrolls B B, the rolls (l C, revolved at greater speed than the rolls B, and the beater D, said beater consisting of arms and bars provided with small spikes at their ends, whereby the hair rope, after being untwisted and the fibers loosened, is carded and finished, as described.

THOMAS ADCOOK.

Witnesses:

J No. FAIRFAX GONIGRAVE ALBERT COLLINS. 

